20 Florida Cities Where Grocery Bills Are Cheapest

Looking to save a little extra money on groceries? If you reside in Florida, you might already live in or near a city where there are lower grocery prices.

Which Florida cities are home to more affordable groceries? To find out, GOBankingRates found ones with a population of 1,000 households and looked up cost-of-living indexes for each city. The average grocery cost used was stated in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey as ‘Food-at-Home’ for all consumers and each Florida city’s average grocery cost was then calculated.

In descending order, see which 20 Florida cities have the cheapest grocery bills.

• Total households: 4,601
• Median household income: $70,299
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 96.6
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $459.09

• Total households: 14,550
• Median household income: $57,221
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 96.5
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $458.62

• Total households: 9,780
• Median household income: $57,232
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 96.3
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $457.67

• Total households: 9,663
• Median household income: $63,596
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 96.3
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $457.67

• Total households: 4,317
• Median household income: $30,945
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 96.0
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $456.24

• Total households: 2,124
• Median household income: $42,976
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 96.0
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $456.24

• Total households: 2,365
• Median household income: $43,664
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 95.6
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $454.34

• Total households: 6,362
• Median household income: $59,266
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 95.6
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $454.34

• Total households: 1,238
• Median household income: $29,831
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 95.1
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $451.96

• Total households: 1,263
• Median household income: $32,750
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 94.9
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $451.01

• Total households: 7,372
• Median household income: $44,053
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 94.9
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $451.01

• Total households: 2,394
• Median household income: $56,455
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 94.8
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $450.54

• Total households: 1,199
• Median household income: $38,051
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 94.6
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $449.59

• Total households: 1,375
• Median household income: $35,469
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 94.6
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $449.59

• Total households: 2,656
• Median household income: $27,296
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 94.2
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $447.69

• Total households: 8,686
• Median household income: $38,263
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 94.1
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $447.21

• Total households: 1,542
• Median household income: $40,313
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 93.8
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $445.78

• Total households: 2,372
• Median household income: $45,833
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 93.7
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $445.31

• Total households: 1,052
• Median household income: $44,500
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 93.4
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $443.88

• Total households: 2,627
• Median household income: $33,786
• Grocery cost-of-living index: 92.8
• Monthly average cost of groceries: $441.03

Disclaimer: Photos are for illustrative purposes only. In many cases, the closest major city outside of the city/county mentioned in the article was used.

Methodology: For this study, GOBankingRates analyzed cities across Florida to find the average grocery cost of living to sort and find the cheapest grocery prices in Florida. GOBankingRates started by finding the cities in Florida with a population over 1,000 households as sourced from the US Census. For each city in Florida with 1,000 or more households the cost-of-living indexes were found from Sperling’s BestPlaces. Using the average grocery cost, stated in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure Survey for all consumers as ‘Food-at-Home’, the average grocery cost for each Florida city can be calculated. All data was collected and is up to date as of April 1st, 2024.